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Upgrading Graphics Card

ELECTRIC WIZARD

Posted 25 May 2006 - 06:28 AM

ELECTRIC WIZARD

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VPR/MATRIX
2.0
1024 ram
TI-4400
psu 300w

I want to upgrade my graphics card to play BF2. My current system played HL2 surprising well. I have an AGP set up. Looking to spend $200. I checked cards on new egg. I see that some specs for certain cards say minimum of 300w psu. I then read the reviews and people post that they need more power when they are running similar set up that I have. I am a Noob. I dont want to replace by current power supply. I only want to upgrade my graphics card.

Can anyone suggest a card that will run with my above listed specs. I have looked at the gforce 6600, 6600LE and radeon X1300. But dont know if I can run them.

ELECTRIC WIZARD

Posted 25 May 2006 - 04:33 PM

Spike

Posted 26 May 2006 - 01:08 PM

Spike

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Hey again ELECTRIC WIZARD, sorry for the late reply.

A "nVidia GeForce 6600LE 256MB AGP Video Card with TV-Out" would work great when playing BF2. I used my 5200FX and BF2 worked alright, just I had to set the settings to low. You going to pay +- 100$. If you are looking to spend 200$ you can get a better graphics card than the 6600LE.

ELECTRIC WIZARD

Posted 26 May 2006 - 08:15 PM

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Spike

Thanks for the reply. I am wondering if I will have enough power to run the card. I read on newegg that a separate power dungle maybe needed. The only upgrade I have done was install more ram. I am somewhat afraid of messing with the power cables inside the computer. I just want to plug in the card. Maybe I should take it to compusa for a $29 install.